The Supreme Court and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Lord Neuberger
The Conkerton Lecture 2014, Liverpool Law Society, 9th October 2014
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‘Police have been accused of a series of failings that left a deputy headmaster free for two years to secretly film pupils undressing using cameras hidden in an Essex school’s changing rooms. Scores of indecent images of boys aged nine to 12 were found at the home of Martin Goldberg, 46, a maths teacher at Thorpe Hall school in Southend, who took his own life this month after being visited by detectives.’
The Guardian, 30th September 2014
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‘A public investigation is to be launched into how a paedophile teacher, William Vahey, was able to drug and abuse at least 60 children at the £25,000-a-year Southbank International School in London.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2014
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‘Legal action has been dropped against parents who took their child out of school without permission, as the family has moved to the US.’
BBC News, 8th September 2014
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‘Ofsted warns that reforms designed to prevent school leavers becoming NEETs – not in education, employment or training – merely end up “delaying their fall” into the category at a later stage.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2014
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‘A PE teacher who had sex with a pupil she taught at an all-girls private school has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 5th September 2014
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‘Kerry Capper dragged through the legal process after keeping her daughter at home fearing her cancer had returned.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2014
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‘A teacher has been banned indefinitely after he swore at pupils, punched them and called them offensive names.’
BBC News, 21st August 2014
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‘Hayley Southwell, 27, given a suspended sentence after her victim refuses to co-operate with police.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2014
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‘Southbank International, a £25,000-a-year private school failed to adequately address concerns raised internally about the 64-year old American, according to a review.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2014
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‘An inquiry into 25 schools in Birmingham investigated over the alleged “Trojan Horse” plot is due to publish its findings later. Sir Ian Kershaw’s report was ordered by Birmingham City Council after claims some Muslim groups were attempting to take control of a number of schools.’
BBC News, 18th July 2014
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‘A former deputy headmaster is given a lifetime teaching ban for an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old boy.’
BBC News, 24th June 2014
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‘A teacher who violently assaulted a child in the classroom was able to continue working despite being given a criminal record for the attack, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 8th June 2014
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‘Campaigners are seeking permission for a judicial review of the government’s crackdown on parents taking their children out of school during term time.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2014
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‘A former deputy headmaster who assaulted boys on school camping trips has been jailed.’
The Independent, 17th May 2014
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‘A former head teacher who gave a girl at a special school equipment for self-harming has been cleared of unacceptable professional misconduct.’
BBC News, 16th May 2014
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‘A teacher who kissed and cuddled a pupil has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
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‘The mother of two, who was prosecuted for taking her two children out of school for five days to go to a UK holiday camp, does not have to pay a fine because the children’s education is “well up to standard”, court hears.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2014
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